Cake-stirrer



(No Model.)

E. J. MOGLELLAN I (lake Stirrer.

No. 228,914. Patented June 15,1880.

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N. PETERS. PNOTO-UTHOGRAPMER. WAQWNGTON. D. G.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

EDWARD J. MGGLELLAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CAKE-STIRRER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,914, dated June 15,1880.

Application filed March 23, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. MoCLEL- LAN, of Brooklyn, Kings county,and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inOake-Stirrers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish a device that may readily beattached to a pan for use in mixing and kneading dough for bread andcake.

My invention consists in an adjustable bar or plate fitted with aclamping-screw and carryin g the mixer and gearing; also, in the mixer,which consists of an arbor or staff provided with radial arms and fittedwith eccentric gearing, whereby both a revolving motion and upand-downmovement may be given to the staff.

In the accompanying drawings,formin g part of this specification, Figure1 is a vertical section of a pan having my stirrer applied thereto. Fig.2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a face view of the eccentricpinion.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the supporting bar or plate of the mechanism, which baris made inthree pieces a middle piece, a, and end pieces, b b, which are connectedto the center piece by clampingscrews 0, passing through slots, so thatadjustment of length may be made at each end and the piece a ltelyl overthe center of the pan.

The outer ends of the pieces I) are formed with flanges, or hook-shaped,for setting over the rim of the pan, and at one end is a setscrew, (1,by which the bar A can be clamped securely in place.

The center piece, a, of the bar A is formed (No model.)

with a tubular hub for the arbor or staff 0, which staff is formed orfitted with radial arms or stirrersf at its lower end, each of whicharms is provided with an adjustable end piece, f, attached by a screw,so that the length of the stirrers may be adjusted to the size of pan.Upon the upper end of staff 0 is attached a pinion, g, and in standardsprojecting from bar A is fitted ahorizontal shaft, h, which has upon itsouter end a handle, and carries at its inner end an eccentric pinion, i,that engages with pinion g. The pinion g rests upon and is supported bythe pinion 1'. Consequently, as the shaft h is turned, the staff 6 isrevolved, and at the same time a vertical reciprocation is given to it.

This combined movement of the stirring devices is most effective inthoroughly mixing and kneading the dough.

It will be seen that my improved cake-stirrer may be adjusted for andapplied to any breadpan of usual size.

The staff 0 can be adjusted for the depth of pan by shifting the gear 9.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The cake-stirrer consisting of the staff e, providedwith radial arms f, pinion g, shaft h, and eccentric pinion '5, combinedtogether and with the supporting-bar A substantially as shown anddescribed.

EDWARD J. MGOLELLAN.

